ORAL ORDER

1. The petitioner has preferred this petition, seeking to invoke extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 and supervisory jurisdiction under Section 227 of the Constitution of India so also inherent powers of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

2. This application is preferred seeking release of Maruit Wagonr bearing registration No.

GJ-19-AF-7369.

3. It is the case of the petitioner that he is the owner of the aforesaid vehicle and it is duly registered with the transport department of the Government. He is, therefore, before this Court.

4. The case of the prosecution is that on 22/09/2018, while the police personnels were on patrolling, they received a secret information of the vehicle in question carrying liquor and when police authorities intercepted the same, on carrying out the search of the said vehicle, its driver was found carrying liquor without any pass or permit. Therefore, an FIR being Prohibition / III- C.R. No.407/2018 came to be lodged with Mandvi Rural Police Station for the offence under the Gujarat Prohibition Act.

5. This Court had issued rule. Today, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner is heard